Niecy Nash Quotes
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The most valuable insight on choosing whom to love is to be honest with yourself about the man standing before you.
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I do not have a bride gene. I haven't been planning a wedding since I was 3. I never put a sheet on my head and pretended that it was a veil.
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The old adage is true, people will only be as good to you as you are to yourself. They will follow your example, and those who don't will be left by the wayside.
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The adage 'a family that prays together, stays together' is so true.
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In one day, I got mistaken for three different actresses: Wendy Williams, Sherri Shepherd, and Star Jones.
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I have an extra set of eyelashes because you never know. I could cry or laugh, or it could be windy, and I'll need a standby pair.
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There's nothing wrong with having a collection, but it becomes a problem when it overwhelms your space. When you're not displaying it properly, you're not enjoying it and it turns into clutter.
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I was in a very fancy, high-end boutique where the sales associates stand around like mannequins. I walked in and the first thing they said was, "Ooh it smells like booty in here" because they knew me from Scream Queens.
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I don't want to be Carrie Bradshaw. I don't want the wedding to be bigger than Big. I'm just grateful to know that the first time I fell in love wasn't the last time.
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I feel like it's better to see a sermon lived than it is to hear one preached.
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I don't wear my faith on my sleeve, but I definitely do walk with it every day in my heart.
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If you make your best friend and your significant other the same person, you don't have to disconnect to go tell your girlfriend everything.
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When you like what you like, it makes it easy for your husband to shop for you!
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I decided to become an actor at five. I saw the most gorgeous woman that I had ever seen in my five years of living on television. She had on a long, red dress and her eyelashes looked like butterflies and I said, "Grandmamma, who is that?" She said, "Baby, that's Lola Falana." I said, "That's it right there. I want to be black, fabulous, and on TV."
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The truth is black celebrities are not as sought after in the press as white celebrities, and that is comforting.
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People recognize me from everything and as soon as I think I know where they know me from, I'm always wrong.
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No family should have to endure the loss of a loved one at the hands of a previously convicted violent criminal.
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I didn't marry a man that wanted to be in the business. But that's why we're a perfect fit.
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Celebrate your child's achievement, then rotate it when the next mini-masterpiece comes along. Then chuck the old picture. Don't worry that you're throwing away a memory. Your children will remember your praise more than they will remember the picture with macaroni and glitter glued on it.
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I joined church by myself in a borrowed suit at 13. I had my neighbor's bible. So my walk and my faith have always been very real.
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We are bred to compare ourselves to the next person, to what they have and what they have accomplished.
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I used to be married to a pastor, and I had a church for two years. Pastors are just men, too, with a different job description than others. We're all called to bear one another's burdens. We're all called to pray for the sick. They do it on a larger scale, but they're just a man. A lot of women don't think that. Trust me. I know.
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If there is someone in your life who is not serving you or making you better, give yourself permission to move on.
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I say God is kind. So many people want to do what I do [comedy] for a living, and so he didn't have to choose me. So I don't take all the credit, but I do know that I love what I do, and I see it as a gift.